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Ebooks
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Antitrust, Competition and Trade
E-Books Pricing: Far from the End of the Story
E-book pricing is under antitrust review on both sides of the Atlantic. The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against two publishers and Apple on 11 April 2012 in the…
3 Geeks and a Law Blog
Ebooks: A Tale of [Publisher] Stupidity
By Mark Gediman
Ah, October. A chill is in the air (somewhere I'm sure, it's still in the upper 80s here). The talk turns from the beach to carving pumpkins. In the Library (or Research…
The Faculty Lounge
E-Books in Law Teaching
I just attended a presentation by some folks from Wolters Kluwer about their SMARTe textbook editions. There were some interesting features demonstrated, and some useful discussion of appropriate pricing of…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Amicus Files Brief Explaining Antitrust Law in Cartoons to Meet Five-Page Limit
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
The ABA Journal reports that "a lawyer who opposes the Justice Department’s proposed antitrust settlement with three publishers of e-books has filed an amicus brief (PDF) in the form of a…
Technology and AI
Accessible Technology Update: E-Readers
By Kristina M. Launey E-readers should be great tools to provide access to individuals with visual disabilities due to their ability to change font sizes and be compatible with screen…
Dewey B Strategic
Fastcase Should Fastrack to Advance Sheets 2.0
By Jean O'Grady
There are two things that surprised me about the Fastcase release of advance sheets which was announced last week. 1. Faster to the ebook market. Once again Fastcase has leapfrogged over many…
Massachusetts Land Use Monitor
Land Court Rules Are Now Available In E-Book Format, Free
By Donald Pinto
Good news for Massachusetts real estate lawyers who use a Kindle, Nook or other e-reader: the Massachusetts Trial Court Libraries has announced the availability – at no charge – of an e-book containing the Land…
The Contingency
U.S. E-Book Complaint Lays Out “Agency” Pact with Apple
You've likely heard by now that the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice sued Apple and a bunch of e-book publishers for fixing prices on, well, e-books. You…
Media Law Prof Blog
Books, e-Books, and Barnes & Noble
The New York Times on how the last giant, Barnes & Noble, is hanging on in the face of a tremendous challenge from Amazon.com.
Legal Writing Prof Blog
redefining “electronic books”
If you love books, and what legal writer doesn't, you just have to click here.hat tip: Mary Ann Robinson(spl)